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This is a stock I made for my Remington 700 7mm mag action and barrel. First stock I've made, pretty happy with the results. Made it with walnut and birch ply's. I did most of the in-letting with hand tools. I glass bedded the action and finished with multiple coats of Birchwood Casey tru oil. I've put about 10 rounds through it so far, it shot pretty good and that's before I glass bedded the action.

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Impressive, looks very nice. I like the two contrasting woods, and that glossy smooth finish.
 

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Thanks guys! I haven't taken on a large project in quite awhile until this one. It was nice to spend some time in the woodshop again. Although I have been working with my oldest son on a project too. That is even more rewarding.
 

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Nice looking stock. Well done.
 

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From one gun enthusiast to the next, you did a fantastic job on this! Great work, I can't wait to see this in person and try that bad boy out!
 

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Beautiful looking stock. The wood contrasts really well making it stand out with the finish you use. Excellent job. Mel
 

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Thanks guys! Being my first one it was a little intimidating, but now that it's finished I'd definitely make another. There are a few things I would do a little different, but I guess you have that with any project.
 

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Intimidating for sure! I had though about doing something like that but was too "chicken" to even begin. I've seen how they make them in factories with pattern lathes and figured I'd need a tool like that, or fail.

Second thought was to buy both a walnut and birch manufactured stock, slice them up, then swap the bits 8^)

You did a great job on a difficult project!
 

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Beautiful project but it's almost to pretty to use now
 

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You did a great job….

next time around you'll have to get the checkering tools and have a go at that :^)
 

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beautiful stock,pretty damn good for your first.
 

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gorgeous!!!!
 

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Thanks for all the comments guys. Splintergroup There were moments when I questioned if I was going to be able to complete it. I just made sure to be careful with marking out all the inletting then used a forsner bit in the drill press to rough out most of the material, cleaning up then with hand tools. My spoon gouge got a workout on this project! I also used my handheld router with an edge guide to remove larger amounts of wood in the barrel channel and a little in the action chamber. Rough shaping of the outside was done with a holey galihad attached to my angle grinder. Never used one before this, they are amazing though. If I lost interest in what I was doing I put it down until I felt like working on it, didn't force myself. Another tip from my experience was get as much done with the blank as you can while it is still in block form. In other words its easier to work on the inletting and get the top to bottom sizes shaped when side to side it is flat and square. Matt you read my mind. I'd love to give checkering a try!




 

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Nice! The contrasting wood is a nice touch. I have a chunk of walnut with some wild figure that I want to make a stock out of, someday.
 
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